Baseball glove



June M, E949. J. GREGG BASEBALL GLOVE Filed Aug. 2, 1946 llll ll..

` INVENTOR. BY cfozz Gregg 48. /p

Patented June 14, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE BASEBALL GLOVE Jon Gregg, New Hope, Pa.

Application August 2, 1946, Serial No. 687,848

3 Claims.

This invention relates to baseball gloves. It is particularly directed to a baseball glove for a child or boy.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved baseball glove which is so constructed that the childs hand will be protected against injury or hurt.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a glove of the character described, improved means to prevent the glove from being bent backwards should the glove receive a fast ball, whereby to prevent injury to the childs fingers.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable glove of the character described which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and yet practical and ecient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplil-led in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indica-ted in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front view of a glove embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig.. 3 is a perspective view of one of the knuckle joints of the protective glove;

Fig. 4 is a view of one of the knuckle joints;

Fig. 5 is a View of a pair of adjacent knuckle rods spaced apart; and

Fig. 6 is a side view of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, IIJ designates a glove embodying the invention here shown in the form of a baseball glove particularly for children or young boys. The glove I0 comprises a front exible wall I I which may be made of leather or other suitable material. Stitched thereto is an inner flexible wall I 2 forming therewith a pocket I3 to receive padding I5. Sheets or walls II and I2 may be stitched together at the bottom by a seam I6. They may be laced together at their outer edges by lacing I 1.

Attached to the outer rim edge of Walls II and I2 by means of said lacing I1 is a rear sheet I8 which may likewise be made of leather, forming with wall I2 a hand pocket I9 into which the hand of the player projects. The glove may be formed with a thumb pocket as shown in Fig. l of the drawing.

Attached within the pocket I3 to walls I2 and I8 respectively as by lines of stitching 23 and 2| are flexible strips 22 and 23. The inner ends of said strips 22 and 23 are seamed together by a line of stitching 24 thereby forming a pocket 25. The line of stitching 2d may extend all around the glove. The seams 23 and ZI may follow the dotted line 2l shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. It will be noted that pocket I3 is bound at the bottom.

The strips 22 and 23 may be stitched to walls I2 and I9 respectively, at the bottom by lines of stitching 2l and 23. The pocket 25 comprises a portion 25a located at one side of the glove, a portion 25h located at the opposite side of the glove, and a portion 25o located at the top of the glove. Within pocket portion 25 is a portion 30a of the protecting member 30. Said portion 30a comprises a plurality of rods 3l. Each rod 3I is formed at its upper end with a slot 32, and at its lower end with a tongue 33. The tongue 33 of one rod is received in the slot 32 of the next adjacent rod. Rod 3| is formed with walls 35 on opposite sides of each slot 32. The walls 35 are formed with transverse aligned through openings 36. Tongue 33 is formed with an opening 31 registering with the openings 36. Said tongue 33 is formed with a rounded corner 38 at one side and with a square corner 39 at the opposite side. The square corner 39 is adapted to contact the bottom l0 of the slot or groove 32. Extending through the openings 35, 37 are hinge pins 44.

As shown in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the upper rod 3| may move in a counter-clockwise direction from its vertical position but not in a clockwise direction. The knuckles are so arranged that the glove may be bent forward but still not bent back beyond the vertical positions of the rods 3i. The bottommost rod 3l is not formed with a tongue. The topmost rod 3| is formed with an upstanding pin 5I. Engaging pin 5I and disposed within pocket portion 25e is a rod 52. Rod 52 is formed with a vertical opening at one end to receive the pin 5I It is formed at its opposite end with a, groove 54 similar to groove 32, and is also formed with openings to receive a transverse pivot pin 55.

Connected to rod 52 is a rod 6I). Rod 60 is formed with a tongue 6I at one end received within groove 54. The pivot pin 55 projects through opening in said tongue 6I. At the opposite end of rod is a vertical through opening 63. It

3 will be noted that the rods 52, BD are curved to conform with the shape of the top of the glove.

In pocket portion 25h is a. vertical rod portion 30h likewise comprising a series of knuckle rods 3 I. The uppermost knuckle rod 3l is formed with a pin 5l received in opening 63 of rod 60. The lowermost knuckle rod 3| of said portion 301) is formed with a downwardly extending pin 65. Within the thumb portion of the pocket 25h is a U-shaped rod 66 formed with a through opening 61 to receive the pin 55. At the outer end of rod 66 is a tongue 68 pivotally connected to a rod 3l. Said rod 3| may be connected to a plurality of such rods terminating adjacent the bottom of 'said pocket portion 25h.

All of the knuckle rods 3l are so constructed that the glove can be bent forwardly but not back beyond the vertical position of said knuckle rods.

Attached to rods 52, 60 and 66 are metal wings 10 projecting into opposite sides of the pocket 25 and serving to protect the tops of the fingers of the user of the glove. The Wings 10 may be Welded or otherwise secured to said rods.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as Various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood vthat all matter herein set forth or shown in the-accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lHaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. -A catching glove, and a protector within said glove, said protector comprising rods interpivoted at adjacent ends, and extending around the periphery of the glove, said rods having knuckle joints to .permit the glove to be bent forwardly but not back beyond a predetermined position, and Wings on said protector located at opposite sides of the tips of the ngers of the user of the glove to protect said fingers.

2. A baseball glove comprising a pocket at the front, padding within said pocket, a pocket at theback to receive the hand of the user, a peripheral pocket Within said glove, and an articulated series of protective knuckle jointed members within said peripheral pocket.

3. In combination with a glove, a hand protector therein comprising a rod formed with a tongue at one end, and a groove at its opposite end, and rods pivoted thereto, one receiving said tongue, and the other formed with a tongue received within said groove, said rods being intervpivoted and disposed about the peripheral p0rtions of the glove.

JON GREGG.

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